Beijing Olympic organizers will start in August to recruit
volunteers for the 2008
Games.
According to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008
Olympics Games(BOCOG), altogether 100,000 volunteers will be needed
before and during the 2008 Beijing Games, with 70,000 serving the
2008 Summer Olympics and 30,000 for the Paralympics.
Li Shixin, a BOCOG official in charge of the volunteers'
recruitment work, said that BOCOG will need to map out detailed
procedures for the recruitment work before recruiting the first
batch of volunteers in August.
"People who are interested can submit applications via the
internet," said Li.
The Beijing Olympic Volunteers Program was officially launched
last June.
(Xinhua News Agency January 31, 2006)